Grants of up to $5,000 and grants of up to $25,000 to USA organizations for projects related to bird species conservation. Applicants may apply in one of the following categories: management and restoration and capacity and partnership. Eligible activities include but are not limited to strategic planning, outreach, habitat management, stewardship, bird monitoring, eBird use, capacity building, and land or easement prioritization.
Capacity and Partnership Grants
Projects must build land trust capacity by teaching or demonstrating how birds can enhance strategic planning and mission fulfillment of land trusts (e.g. using eBird as a conservation planning tool), and/or facilitate mutually beneficial collaborations and partnerships with the bird conservation community.
Priority will be given to the formation of new, regional or state based land trust collaboratives with multiple partners.
Management and Restoration Grants
Organization should either be an accredited land trust or be working with an accredited land trust as a partner. Ideally the lead applicant should be the accredited land trust.
Projects should actively manage, restore, and/or steward land in a way that enhances habitat and promotes bird conservation, with special emphasis on priority species or those identified in State Wildlife Action Plans.
Preference will be given to land trusts with previous habitat management experience.
- Applicant organizations must reside within the U.S.
- Applicant should demonstrate sufficient organizational capacity and commitment to complete, and sustain if applicable, the proposed grant-funded activities.
Pre-Application Information
This is an annual grant cycle with the RFP for the small grant program opening in January and proposals due March 1.
Funds are dispersed at the end of May.
Applicants can apply for any of the grant tracks and are welcome to submit or be a partner on more than one proposal for different projects. Expect only one request, for which you are a lead applicant, will be funded if selected.
